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Prevent screen turning off when lid is closed
Is there a way to prevent the screen from being turned off when a laptop's lid is closed? The power-action for closing the lid is already "do nothing".
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Why is my ping higher when my charger is plugged into my Dell Precision M6800 laptop?
I recently noticed that the reason my Wi-Fi was so terrible seems to be caused by plugging in my charger.
Here is a little video of it happening, trying to ping riot.de
Here is the ping when plugged ...
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Is there a way to install Microsoft Store-exclusive apps without Store?
Unlike apps I can download online and install, I can't figure out how to install apps that are only availabe for download via Ms-Store app, without first installing Ms-Store.
I ask this because I am ...
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Make windows honor my setting to do nothing when I close the lid of my computer
My Windows Version 10.0.15063 computer (Dell Precision 5520) will go to sleep when I close the lid, even though in the settings I have specified to do nothing. See image:
I've tried restarting my ...
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Laptop won't hibernate if Hyper-V enabled on Windows 10 Pro
I'm running Hyper-V on my laptop - Docker for Windows requirement.
Windows 10 version 1709. I noticed that Hibernation is not working if Hyper-V role enabled. Hibernation working fine if i disable ...
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Windows 10: Computer switches to internal screen, messing up window sizes and positions
I have a Fujitsu P772 notebook computer. It came installed with Windows 7 and I recently upgraded to Windows 10. After the upgrade, I noticed a problem whenever the screen would go to sleep by the ...
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What does the warning sign over battery icon represent?
The battery icon on my laptop has a warning sign when plugged in: to a laptop dock via a USB C cable.
When I click on the icon, I get this popup. Just a warning icon and no further information. ...
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Windows 10 does not sleep; turns on airplane mode instead
I have a Dell XPS 13 9350. It runs Windows 10. It is the latest insider preview, but this issue has appeared and disappeared, even on the stable builds.
When I put the computer to sleep, either by ...
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Windows 10 keyboard sometimes repeats keys and sometimes ignores keys
Sometimes, as I'm typing, suddenly [A] it ignores keys (it just did it now!) and I have to type them again, then it works, and [B] it sometimes repeats latest keystroke about 20 times.
Problem began ...
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Laptop randomly completely freezes up
I own a Dell E6420 laptop, that runs Windows 10 Pro.
My laptop has this one issue. Randomly, out of the blue, it just freezes up. My touchpad becomes unresponsive. The DVD Drive switch would not ...
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Can't delete a folder due to it being open in System
I have been trying to delete the Halo MCC game files folder from my laptop, and I have the necessary permissions to do so however whenever I try to delete the folder it says it is unable to due to the ...
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Asus laptop touchpad stopped working and looks disconnected
The problem:
I'm using an asus UX410U laptop under windows 10 for high school. Since few months,the touchpad it stopped working when it was heating too much, nothing too disabling for classes. Today, ...
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how to change the default font for ebook viewer?
I use sumatrapdf as my daily viewer for ebooks especially with epub format
To shrink the file size, I usually remove all the font inside fonts folder in epub file.
(for those interested, unlike ...
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Is there a way to increment/decrement windows brightness in steps of 5 rather than the default 10
Most laptops have shortcut keys to increase / decrease monitor brightness on a windows laptop. For
example, the F11 and F12 keys (or somewhere around them).
The default brightness delta is 10 units ...
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Prevent Windows from rapidly repeating keys (due to a faulty laptop keyboard)
I have a laptop with a keyboard that will randomly repeat keys (might be a shorted-out keyboard). I have tried messing with the key hold-down time settings, but that did not fix it. It's as if when I ...
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F5 key behaving as FN + F5
All of my laptop—a Samsung Expert running Windows 10—f[number] keys are behaving now as if I press Fn+f[number] shortcut.
For example, Fn+f5 normally disables touchpad. Then, when I press f5 key to ...
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How can I wake my laptop after using psshutdown64.exe -d -t 0?
I have a small WSL script which checks if a (another) script has finished and then puts my laptop to sleep using psshutdown64.exe -d -t 0. This is on Win 10 and hibernate is disabled.
On my old Huawei ...
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How can I stop my keyboard's Power button from shutting down my PC without disabling my laptop's Power button?
I've got a Logitech K270 keyboard which, as shown in the image below, has a little "power" button on top of the row of F keys (the next-to-last key to the right on the top row). This is part ...
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How can i download a file from virustotal for free? [closed]
I want to download a file from virustotal.com
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/655bde7f3c270b7b06e6c3dbba5c041727aec5389339f71b3ca73f80316212f9/analysis/
http://processchecker.com/file/LidLock.exe....
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I have 4 GB RAM in both of the available slots; can I upgrade one of them to 8 GB?
Does having unequal size RAM affect performance?
I want to make this upgrade because I run out of RAM while playing games and doing other resource-intensive stuff. My PC is a Dell 7577.
Will it run ...
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How can I use headphone via Type-C port instead of jack in Laptop?
I have Lenovo V330-15IKB laptop and its headphone jack on the right side that I do not like. On the other hand, there are 2 Type-C USB ports on the left side of the laptop and I would like to use one ...
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Prevent windows 10 from sleeping for next lid closing only
Sometimes I let my computer (Lenovo laptop under Windows 10) do stuff that takes a while (e.g. scientific computation). When it does that, I would like to be able to close its lid without it going to ...
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Swap function keys at OS runtime
I have an Alienware R2 anw17-7493slv and I can't figure out how to change FN keys to multimedia keys at runtime. I know there is a option in BIOS to do this, but I want to do this at runtime.
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Windows incompletely shuts down after heavy use
My HP Pavilion 15 Laptop (came with Windows 8 and upgraded to 8.1 and now on Insider Preview) has a Shutdown problem.
It'll shutdown completely without any issue if it used for a short while. But ...
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Laptop goes to sleep at random times ever since I upgraded it to Windows 10
My gs's laptop goes to sleep at random times when she leaves it idle for as short time as 1 minute.
I've checked the power configuration, and it should NOT be going to sleep at any given time, it's on ...
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Clean install windows 10 keeping the original key
So, I have a few questions about a pretty straightforward scenario: I purchased a new laptop - namely, Dell's XPS 15 9550 - which came with Windows 10 Home (x64), and also, as usual, with a lot of ...
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Win10/Win11 can't run any program soon after login
Intro: I'm a repair tech, and I have encountered a very weird problem with two Windows laptops in under a week, something I have never experienced before. One with Windows 10, another with Windows 11, ...
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Can I set my windows laptop brightness to ZERO or ALMOST zero?
I need this because I want to turn my laptop on at home and control it remotely outside, but I don't want the screen to be seen to others. I found this feature in ubuntu, or in some laptop with custom ...
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How to extend Laptop screen with a monitor?
I am using a laptop and I tried to extend laptop screen with a monitor using HDMI cable. However, when I extend the monitor via Display Settings, the mouse can only be active one of the screen; laptop ...
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Windows doesn't stop playing music after bluetooth neackband gets disconnected
I have Oppo enco M31, and laptop.
Device Details:
Device name Lordofcodes
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.00 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (6.90 GB usable)
Device ID ...
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How to deal with a key being pressed all the time, and interfering with mouse functionality, after I spilled liquid on the keyboard
After having spilled a liquid on the keyboard of my laptop, began to register several keys as “pressed” when they weren’t. I disassembled the keyboard and deeply cleaned it and managed to make it work ...
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Laptop memory always almost full when idle
I got a Acer E 14 laptop with 4gb of ram and an i3 5005U processor. I was wondering why it is lagging so much. Even if I only open sublime (I switched to sublime since vs code cause so much more lag) ...
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Computer Keeps Resetting
Windows 10:
Every time I turn on my computer, everything is gone
1. Wallpaper set back to default
2. Taskbar apps back to default
3. All saved passwords in apps disappear
4. All pictures and most ...
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System wont allow me to set laptop audio to default,when connected to monitor through HDMI. (PC windows 10)
I have tried to do:
"Follow these steps after connecting the HDMI cable.
go to control panel
Hardware and Sound
Manage Audio Devices
if you have a branded audio set-up (eg. BEATS) make changes there....
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Windows 10 - close laptop lid
I have two screens - a laptop and external monitor. Sometimes I want to shut the laptop lid and use ONLY the external monitor. On my old laptop all the Windows would just move over to the external ...
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Bricked my computer by accident - need help repairing
So I've bricked my pc by disabling all HID devices, so I can't do anything. Right now I'm using a installation USB that I have booted off to try and reverse my changes (using devcon.exe), but after ...
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Windows laptop waking on touchpad click
I have a laptop that keeps waking from sleep. My cat sits on the laptop when it is closed and the screen bends which clicks the touchpad button. I can't turn off the wake setting on my touchpad in ...
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Start Menu and Search malfunctioning?
I noticed this randomly start happening on my laptop yesterday, where for some reason, when I open the start menu or search, it starts acting like the up arrow key is being help down:
I have no ...
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How to get longer taskbar buttons?
By default, the buttons for opened applications on the taskbar look like this:
However, an odd thing happened. I have a laptop with a 4k screen. For work, I plug it into a dock which connects to ...
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Windows automatic driver installation
I want to do clean windows installation on my laptop and install all drivers from laptop manufacturer site. The problem is when I install windows with internet connection windows automatically install ...
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I bought an open-box laptop. Should I reset Windows?
Some time ago I bought a cheap laptop, essentially a netbook, to ensure that if my main laptop stopped working, I would have a laptop to work on while my main laptop was being repaired.
The box for ...
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8GB of ram working normally with 7.9 usable, then one day only 7.4 were usable, what happened?
I had a laptop with 4GB of ram, putted another 4GB for 8GB
the laptop was saying 7.9GB usable, pretty normal and expected. One day when I turned it on (4 to 6 months later), only 7.4 were usable. Did ...
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Multiple monitors, two PCs
Two monitors, each connected to 1 laptop. (In this scenario, I have only two laptops.
Can I designate a PC as a primary- controller; where my mouse and keyboard are connected and can utilize extra ...
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Can I extend macbook screen to windows laptop screen?
I have a macbook 13 inch from early 2015 with macOS Mojave version 10.14.5, and a surface pro 4 with windows 10 pro version 1903, that I would link together as one screen. Is there a way to do this. I ...
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Advanced ways to improve battery life for Windows 10
I've noticed that going from Windows 8.1 to windows 10 I've lost a lot of battery life. Talking about hours worth.
Are there any tricks other then the basic common sense like battery saver, power ...
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Caps Lock only works for certain letters?
A very weird problem. For the letters a, o, s, and u, caps lock leaves them lowercase; it works for every other letter. I noticed it 3 weeks after getting the computer; I have a 1-year warranty. Any ...
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Win 10 laptop wakes from sleep to ctrl-alt-del screen
Old windows laptop (Fujitsu T732), had to upgrade from 7 to 10 against my will and better judgement. Since the upgrade, when opening the laptop from sleep it defaults to the ctrl-alt-delete screen (...
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Volume button on taskbar doesn't show up any controls
Today, when I booted my Windows 10 PC, it was extremely slow, and it takes 15 minutes for everything to be stable. I can use the PC as normal, but how matter I try, I cannot get the volume button in ...
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Can switching power settings on a laptop during an update affect the battery?
I recently had to move my laptop, and it started some planned updates as I was shutting it down. Being in a hurry, I unplugged the power cable and packed it, figuring that the laptop would just finish ...
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Is keeping night light on my windows 10 laptop bad for the computer?
The question is basically it but here's the background of the story if curious:
My eyes woulld ache since I spend 12+ hours a day looking at a computer screen, so I decided to give night light a try ...
